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Synopsis: In a small and remote town, police officer Ma Shan (Jiang) lost his gun. To prevent the gun falling into the wrong hand, he started to look for the gun and discovered the truth and beauty have been missing from his life... |
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China Release Date: May, 2002 |
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| North America Release Date: Fall, 2002 (?) | |
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Distributor: SONY Picture Classic |
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| Production Company: China Film Group, Huayi Brothers Taihe | |
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Chinese Language Films Will Shown At This Year's Venice Film Festival (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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August 11, 2002 |
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MEI LI SHI GUANG / THE BEST OF TIMES (Taiwan) Category: Venezia 59 Director: Chang Tso-Chi Staring: Wing Fan, Gao Meng-Jie, Yu Man-Mei Running Time: 112 minutes Another "dark violence" film from director Chang Tso-Chi, it tells the story of a 19 year-old boy.
REN MIN GONG CE / PUBLIC TOILET (Hong Kong) Category: Upstream Director: Fruit Chan Staring: Sam Lee, Jo Kuk, Hyuk Jang Running Time: 102 minutes A movie about the "toilet cultures" around the world.
XUN QIANG / THE MISSING GUN (China, Mainland) Category: Upstream Director: Lu Chuan Staring: Jiang Wen, Ning Jing, Wu Yujuan Running Time: 90 minutes In a small and remote town, cop is looks for his missing gun and discovers something missing from his life...
XIAO CHENG ZHI CHUN / SPRINGTIME IN A SMALL TOWN (China, Mainland) Category: Upstream Director: Tian Zhuangzhuang Staring: Wu Jun, Xin Baiqing, Hu Jingfan Running Time: 116 minutes A remake of a Chinese movie from the 1940's, it tells a story of a young couple, the ex-lover of the wife, and sister of the husband.
MON HUAN BVO LUO / SOMEWHERE OVER THE DREAMLAND (Taiwan) Category: International Critics' Week Director Cheng Wen-Tang Running Time: 93 minutes A movie about the life of the aboriginal people in Taiwan.
KUANG WU YOU YU / BLUE PLAGUE (Taiwan) Category: Riti E Finzioni Director: Lin Tay-Jou Running Time: 86 minutes |
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LOOKING FOR MY GUN (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
| November 18, 2001 |
 Ma Shan (Jiang Wen) |
 Ma and his wife (Wu Yujuan)
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Our hero is called Ma Shan, a police officer in an a small and remote town. After attended a wedding ceremony, his gun mysteriously disappeared. One missing gun was a serious threat the peaceful town and he started to feel confused and hopeless. While he started to suspect people he knew, Ma was kept troubled by the relationship with his wife and his first love. The story became more twisted when his gun got involved in a murder case. He found the killer's next target and prepared to entrap the him. The killer finally showed up along with the missing gun. Ma Shan finally retrieved his gun but he himself was fatally wounded during the showdown. In the end, Ma slowly climbed up and saw people rushing to his body ... The film is young director Lu Chuan's directing debut with a very low budget of 2 million yuans (US$ 242,000). Jiang Wen, who played Ma Shan, only got 100 thousand yuans (US$ 12,000). However, SONY has brought the film's overseas release right for US$ 1.5 and planned to released in March next year globally. It will be subtitled even in China because all actors are speaking in local dialect of southwestern province of Guizhou. It may be premiere at next year's Cannes Film Festival. Crew
Cast |
 Ma's first love (Ning Jing)
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 Colleagues
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 Jiang Wen and director Lu Chuan
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| Photo courtesy: SINA.COM | ||